The UP College Admission Test (UPCAT) this year drew more applicants from both public and private high schools than last year, but fewer public school graduates actually passed the UPCAT. BY VICTOR GREGOR LIMON Philippine Collegian Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 33, September 23-29, 2007 The UP College Admission Test (UPCAT) this year drew…
Ronalyn V. Olea
NY Fil-Am Women to Greet Arroyo with Protests
Filipino-American women affiliated with the Filipinas for Rights and Empowerment (FiRE) vowed to greet President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo with protests during her scheduled three-day visit to New York City from September 28 to 30. BY AUBREY MAKILAN Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 33, September 23-29, 2007 Woman-to-woman. Filipino-American women affiliated with the Filipinas for Rights and Empowerment…
Highland Transporter
His shoulders bent perhaps from the difficult walk, the man transports vegetables – among other things – on a cart in an uphill walk toward a nearby public market in Baguio City (246 kms north of Manila). The residents and tourist visitors of Baguio City know that a walk across its streets is not really…
Pidal and NBN
Four years after presidential spouse Mike Arroyo hit the headlines for his alleged ownership of the Jose Pidal accounts, in which government funds to be used as President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s campaign funds were supposedly deposited, he again courts a corruption-related controversy. This time he is directly implicated in the National Broadband Network (NBN) deal, an…
Workers’ Plight Worsening
Thirty-five years after the declaration of martial law, 34 years after the first workers’ protests under martial law, and 21 years after the ouster of Marcos – the state of workers’ rights demonstrates a greater need for worker militancy. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 33, September 23-29, 2007 The organized labor movement…
Designs of Deceit: U.P.’s Architectural Pretensions of Modernization
Architecture is not only the art and science of designing space — it is a social statement. And if the recent wave of constructions in UP Diliman (UPD) were indeed any indication, the UP administration seems all geared up towards a pretense of modernization. BY ELISE SOPHIA S. FRANCISCO AND JERRIE M. ABELLA Philippine Collegian…
Is Decolonization Necessary to the Lives of Filipino People?
We have been suffered so much by the hands of the colonizer and now the neo-colonizer and of course the Filipino people who choose to collaborate to these people. However, we can not let them ruin our future and dehumanize us. It’s time to rapture their boundaries and interrogate their ways. It’s time to decolonize…
Peasant Group Asks for Moratorium in Land Rent, Other Relief
The militant peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP or Peasant Movement of the Philippines) called on local government units and landlords to help the farmers most affected by the dry spells that hit the country, either in the form of assistance or a moratorium in land rent. BY AUBREY MAKILAN Bulatlat Vol. VII, No.…
Militants Slam ASEAN Regional Meet, U.S. Intervention
BY EMILY VITAL Bulatlat August 2, 2007 – 7:05pm About 200 members of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) and allied organizations held a rally Aug. 2 to condemn what they described as the U.S. government’s intervention in Southeast Asia. The protesters attempted to get near the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC), venue of the Association of…
William F. Claver: People’s Lawyer from the Cordillera
William Claver was among those who attended the July 28 memorial mass that honored the late Alyce Omengan-Claver, a victim of extra-judicial killing in an ambush that originally intended to kill her husband, Dr. Constancio “Chandu” Claver, last year. He is esteemed throughout the Cordillera as a champion of indigenous peoples’ rights. BY LYN V.…
Precious Oil
The Independent Philippine Petroleum Companies Association (IPCA) announced that the public will again expect (dread seems to be a more appropriate word) another round of fuel price increases averaging at P0.50 per liter in the coming weeks. This, IPCA Chairman Glen Yu said, will have to be implemented because of a $4 dollar per barrel…